by HARIZAH KAMEL / FILE PIX
THE Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) will be implemented at the Top Glove Corp Bhd workers’ dormitory in Klang, Selangor effective midnight tonight, Nov 17 – 30.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said as of Nov 15, the positive Covid-19 cases in the area is 215.
He said the EMCO will cover Top Glove’s male dormitory as well as Jalan Abadi 1A/KU8 and female dormitory as well as Jalan Abadi 1A and Jalan Abadi 10A/KU8, involving 13,190 workers and nearly 1,200 residents.
Earlier this month, Top Glove said only 17 of its employees, or less than 0.1% of the group’s total workforce of 21,000 people, tested positive for Covid-19 since January 2020.
In a statement, the glove maker said the affected employees were asymptomatic and most of them did not have a fever.
The group added they were isolated following a swab test taken on Monday and admitted to the hospital for treatment after their results came back positive.
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